Just a quick note about two great articles which were recently published:

ActionScript Collections and Functional Programming by Bruce Eckel
In this article Bruce provides examples and insights into the functional pieces of ActionScript. He also covers some of the lesser known things about Collections. I learned quite a bit from this one!

]]>https://josephflex.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/youtube-src/feed/0josephflex21 Flex Videos from 360Flex San Jose 2008https://josephflex.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/21-flex-videos-from-360flex-san-jose-2008/
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Exploring the Open Source Flex SDK by Matt Chotin– Adobe has told you to “file a bug” so many times you want to throw things at them. Wouldn’t it be better if you could just fix the thing yourself and show the rest of the world how brilliant you are?

Introduction to the Swiz Framework for Flex by Chris Scott– In this session Chris Scott will introduce, Swiz, a framework for Adobe Flex that aims to bring complete simplicity to RIA development. Swiz provides Inversion of Control, event handing, and simple life cycle for asynchronous remote methods.

Mate Flex Framework by Laura Arguello– Using Mate Framework to build decoupled Flex applications by Laura Arguello. Join Laura as she walks you through how to build an application using Mate framework.

Advanced ActionScript APIs by Jacob Wright– Learn how to craft ActionScript libraries using advanced techniques. Use custom metadata to make your code easier to read and provide greater code-reuse. And harness the power of the Proxy class to give subclasses an easier way to access data.

E4X by Marc Bir– What is E4X? How do I use it? Why would I use it? When should I use it?

Reading the Flex source code by Jonathan Branam– Learn how to use the open source Flex SDK to improve your programming and solve problems. Introduction to the Flex source code explaining the class hierarchy, compositional classes, and the importance of interfaces.

Using the Flex Builder 3 Profiler by Jun Heider– During the session the functionality of the Flex Builder 3 Profiler will be explored through both background lecture, and most importantly various Flex Builder projects tuned to highlight key features of the Profiler.

Microsoft just released Silverlight 2 RC0, which is a development release to help developers prepare their apps for Silverlight 2. They’ve not released an end-user runtime for this version since the release candidate is targeted at helping developers prepare their Silverlight 2 Beta 2 apps for the Silverlight 2 release. Get the developer runtime and updates for Visual Studio Silverlight tools and Expression Blend here.

There are several breaking changes. You can download a detailed document about

Adobe has announced in the press release mention below that there are more than 25 million installation for Adobe AIR in the first 6 months of the product release. release here:

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 8, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today reported that there have been more than 25 million installations of applications deployed on Adobe® AIR in the first six months since its release. Numerous Fortune 500 companies, in addition to